Though unpopular with audiences back in 1943, Moon Is Down remains a well-wrought dramatic chronicle of a Norwegian village that stands up to the invading Nazis who tried to enslave them. The story (unabashed anti-German propaganda) is… MoreThough unpopular with audiences back in 1943, Moon Is Down remains a well-wrought dramatic chronicle of a Norwegian village that stands up to the invading Nazis who tried to enslave them. The story (unabashed anti-German propaganda) is based upon a popular play that was in turn based on John Steinbeck's novel and begins as the Germans storm into Norway. Troops take over a village and remain there. The Nazi commander, strongly convinced that unnecessary cruelty will do nothing to settle the angry villagers attempts to use reasonable discussion to convince the city fathers to stop fighting and cooperate. The city father's refuse and eventually the commandant has no choice but to result to executing all the city authorities, most of whom go to their deaths with great dignity. The townsfolk still continue to revolt and though many sacrifice their lives, eventually they succeed in forcing the Germans to leave.